Danny Kortchmar – Songs and Lyrics
(updated
18 Mar 05)
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Danny is mentioned in the
following songs: |
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KNOCKIN’ ROUND THE ZOO (James
Taylor) in James Taylor and The Original Flying Machine “James Taylor and
the Original Flying Machine” 1967 (“...watch out Kootch...”) |
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IT’S TOO LATE (Carole King) in Carole King “ The
Carnegie Hall Concert June 18, 1971 “ (“… I got a call from |
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TOGETHER rap (Harry Nilsson) in Keith
Moon “Two Sides of the Moon” 1975 |
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FOR A ROCKER (Jackson Browne) in Jackson
Browne “Lawyers in Love” 1983 (“... here comes Danny...”) |
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THE REASON (Danny Kortchmar, Carly Simon) in Carly
Simon “Letters Never Sent” 1994 |
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PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar) in David Lasley
“Back To Blue-Eyed Soul” 2000 (“... where are you Danny Kootch?... “) |
FROM
THE ALBUM ... (previously unreleased or performed by another artist)
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1967 |
James Taylor and The Original Flying
Machine “James Taylor
and The Original Flying Machine” – Complete lyrics |
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1970 |
James Cotton Blues Band “Taking
Care of Business” THE SKY IS FALLING (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1970 |
Jo Mama “Jo Mama” MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1971 |
James Taylor “Mud Slide Slim and
the Blue Horizon” MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1971 |
Jo Mama “J Is For Jump”- complete lyrics |
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1972 |
James Taylor “One Man Dog” BACK ON THE STREET AGAIN (Danny Kortchmar) WOH, DON’T YOU KNOW (Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, James Taylor) |
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1973 |
Danny Kortchmar
“Kootch” – complete lyrics |
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1975 |
Harry Nillson
“Duit on Mon Dei” (THURSDAY) HERE’S WHY I DID NOT
GO TO WORK TODAY (Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1975 |
Attitudes
“Attitudes” HONEY DON’T LEAVE L.A. (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1976 |
Harry Nillson
“That’s the Way It Is” MOONSHINE BANDIT (Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1976 |
David Crosby & Graham Nash
“Whistling Down the Wire” SPOTLIGHT (Danny Kootch, Graham Nash) |
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1976 |
Bill Wyman “Stone Alone” FEET (Danny Kortchmar,
Bill Wyman) |
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1977 |
The Section “Fork It Over” –
complete lyrics |
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1977 |
James Taylor “JT” HONEY DON’T LEAVE L.A. (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1977 |
Jackson Browne “Running On Empty” SHAKY TOWN (Daniel Kortchmar) |
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1977 |
David Sanborn “Promise Me the
Moon” PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar) IN A STRANGER’S ARMS (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1978 |
Yvonne Elliman
“Night Flight” IN A STRANGER’S ARMS (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1978 |
Cheech & Chong “Up in Smoke” HERE COMES THE MOUNTIES TO THE
RESCUE (Danny Kortchmar, Waddy
Wachtel) ROCK FIGHT (Tommy Chong, Danny Kortchmar, Cheech Marin, Waddy Wachtel) LOST DUE TO INCOMPETENCE (THEME
FOR A BIG GREEN VAN) (Danny Kortchmar) STRAWBERRY’S (Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Watchel) |
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1978 |
Stephen Stills “Thoroughfare Gap” CAN’T GET NO BOOTY (Stephen Stills, Danny
Kortchmar) |
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1979 |
J.D. Souther
“You’re Only Lonely” FIFTEEN BUCKS (Kenny Edwards, Don
Grolnick, Danny Kortchmar,
Rick Marotta, J.D.Souther,
Waddy Wachtel) |
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1979 |
Louise Goffin
“Kid Blue” HURT BY LOVE (Danny Kortchmar) RED LITE FEVER (Louise Goffin, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1980 |
Danny Kortchmar
“Innuendo” – complete lyrics |
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1981 |
Louise Goffin
“Louise Goffin“ DOG TOWN (Louise Goffin & Danny Kortchmar) |
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1982 |
Soundtrack “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” Jackson Browne “Somebody’s
Baby/The Crow on the Cradle” single SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne, Danny Kortchmar) LOVE RULES (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1982 |
Don Henley “I Can’t Stand Still” I CAN’T STAND STILL (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) YOU BETTER HANG UP (Danny Kortchmar) LONG WAY HOME (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) JOHNNY CAN’T READ (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) THEM AND US (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1983 |
Jackson Browne “Lawyers in Love” KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Danny Kortchmar, Craig Doerge,
Jackson Browne) TENDER IS THE NIGHT (Russell Kunkel,
Danny Kortchmar, Jackson Browne) |
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1984 |
J.D.Souther “Home By Dawn” SAY YOU WILL (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1984 |
Don Henley “Building the Perfect
Beast” YOU CAN’T MAKE LOVE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) MAN WITH A MISSION (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther) LAND OF THE LIVING (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1985 |
Eric Martin “Eric Martin” SHE’S OUT FOR BLOOD (Fanucchi, Danny Kortchmar, Eric
Martin) |
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1985 |
Louise Mandrell
“Maybe My Baby” YOU BETTER HANG UP (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1985 |
Soundtrack “Vision Quest” SHE’S ON THE ZOOM (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1986 |
Soundtrack “About Last Night” –
John Waite IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1986 |
Soundtrack “The Color of Money” – Don Henley WHO OWNS THIS PLACE (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1986 |
Billy Squier
“Enough is Enough” SHOT O’ LOVE (Danny Kortchmar, Billy Squier) |
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1988 |
Yo SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne &
Danny Kortchmar) |
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1988 |
I’ve Got The Bullet “Wounded” LOVE SCENE (Eric Martin,
Danny Kortchmar, Tony Fanucchi) |
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1988 |
Matt Minglewood
“The Promise” YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1988 |
Feargal Sharkey “Wish” COLD, COLD STREETS (Danny Kortchmar, D. Lasley, Feargal Sharkey) FULL CONFESSION (Daly, Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey) STRANGEST GIRL IN PARADISE (Danny
Kortchmar, Feargal
Sharkey) BLUE DAYS (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Waddy Wachtel) |
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1989 |
Don Henley “The End of The
Innocence” HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
Stan Lynch) I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) NEW YORK MINUTE
(Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding) LITTLE TIN GOD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D.
Souther) IF DIRT WERE DOLLARS (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
J.D. Souther) |
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1989 |
Steve Lukather
“Lukather” DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar) STEPPIN’ ON TOP OF YOUR WORLD (Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1990 |
Hall & Oates “Change of
Season” SO CLOSE [unplugged version]
(Danny Kortchmar, Daryl Hall, Jon Bon Jovi, George Green) |
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1990 |
Venice “Venice” KAYLEE (Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1990 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash “Live It Up” IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1990 |
Barney Bentall
and The Legendary Hearts “Lonely Avenue” WHEN SHE WAS MINE (Barney Bentall, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1991 |
Forcefield IV “Let the Wild Run Free” I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1991 |
James Taylor “New Moon Shine” (I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT
(Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor) |
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1992 |
Toto “Kingdom of Desire” KICK DOWN THE WALLS (Danny Kortchmar, S. Lynch) KINGDOM OF DESIRE (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1992 |
John Waite “Essential” IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1992 |
Glenn Frey “Strange Weather” LOVE IN THE 21ST
CENTURY (Glenn Frey, Danny Kortchmar, J.Tempchin) |
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1993 |
Eugenio Finardi “Acustica” MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1994 |
Andrew Strong “Andrew Strong” UNCHAINED DOG (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch) |
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1994 |
The Outlaws “Diablo Canyon” STEAM ON THE BLACKTOP (Stan
Lynch, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1994 |
Carly Simon “Letters Never Sent” THE REASON (Danny Kortchmar, Carly Simon) |
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1995 |
Herbie Hancock “New Standard” NEW YORK MINUTE (Don Henley,
Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding) |
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1995 |
Caroline Aiken “Live Bait” I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1995 |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds “Roll
Of The Dice” ROLL OF THE DICE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE (Danny
Kortchmar, Stan Lynch) HOW DO I GET YOU BACK? (Danny Kortchmar, Tonio K.) MEAN LOVE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) I CAN’T WIN (Danny Kortchmar, S. Jordan, Kim Wilson) |
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1996 |
Cher “It’s A Man’s World” NOT ENOUGH LOVE IN THE WORLD (Don Henley,
Danny Kortchmar, Ben Tench) |
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1996 |
James Taylor “The Best of
Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. (I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT
(Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor) |
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1997 |
Edwin Mccain
“Misguided
Roses” (I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT
(Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor) |
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1997 |
James Cotton “Chicago Blues
Masters, Vol. THE SKY IS FALLING (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1997 |
The Skeletons “Nothing To Lose” ON YOUR WAY DOWN THE DRAIN (Danny
Kortchmar) |
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1997 |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds “High
Water” TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING (Steve
Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) TORTURED (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) HIGH WATER (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) HAND TO MOUTH (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) PROMISES YOU CAN’T KEEP (Steve
Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) TOO HOT TO HANDLE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) |
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1997 |
Andru Donalds “Good Will Hunting”
Soundtrack SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne &
Danny Kortchmar) |
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1997 |
Soundtrack “Trial & Error“ TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING (Steve
Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) |
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1997 |
Tito & arantola
“Tarantism” SLIPPIN’ AND SLIDIN’ (Danny Kortchmar, Tito Larriva, Waddy Wachtel) |
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1998 |
Jonny Lang “Wander This World” RIGHT BACK (Jerry Lynn Williams, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1998 |
Don Henley
“Rocktober” I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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1998 |
Andru Donalds ”Damned If I Don’t” SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne &
Danny Kortchmar) |
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1998 |
Conley Earl Thomas “Country’s
Greatest Drinking Songs” YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar) |
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1998 |
Sanne Salomonsen with Chris Minh Doky Quartet “In A New
York Minute” NEW YORK MINUTE
(Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding) |
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1998 |
Phantom Planet “In Their Eyes” SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne &
Danny Kortchmar) |
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2000 |
David Lasley
“Back To Blue-Eyed Soul” PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar) |
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2000 |
Buffalo Nickel “Long Play 33 1/3” COMING UP ROSES (Danny Kortchmar, Gary Stier) |
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2000 |
Marc Douglas Berardo
“Second Chance” LONG WAY HOME (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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2001 |
Boz Scaggs “Dig” SARAH (Danny
Kortchmar, Boz Scaggs, Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe) GET ON THE NATCH (Angelo Bond,
General Johnson, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Perr, Boz Scaggs) CALL THAT LOVE (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, David Paich, Boz Scaggs, Applejack Walroth) YOU’RE
NOT (Danny Kortchmar, Boz
Scaggs) |
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2001 |
Phantom Planet “Not Another Teen
Movie” Soundtrack SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne &
Danny Kortchmar) |
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2001 |
The Countdown Singers “Best of
the Eighties, Vol. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar) |
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2002 |
Ivan Neville “Saturday Morning
Music” LOST BALL (Ivan Neville, Gary
Gold, Danny Kortchmar) |
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2002 |
Gary Stier
“The Albatross” COMING UP ROSES (Danny Kortchmar, Gary Stier) |
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2002 |
The Countdown Singers “Dance
Party: Be My Lover” ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar) |
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2002 |
Tommy Lepson
Band “AM TONGUE TIED (Harvey Brooks,
Charlie Karp, Danny Kortchmar) |
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2003 |
Three Studs and a Stone “Live at
the Blue Boat” ELVIS SLEPT HERE (Charlie
Karp, Danny Kortchmar) SATISFY ME (Charlie Karp, Danny Kortchmar, M. Morganfield) |
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2003 |
Kim Wilson “Lookin’
for Trouble” TORTURED (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) HAND TO MOUTH (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson) |
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2003 |
Coastline Band “Against All
Flags” (I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT
(Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor) |
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2003 |
Stephen Stills “Turnin’ Back the Pages -
the CAN’T GET NO BOOTY (Stephen Stills, Danny
Kortchmar) |
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2004 |
Ivan Neville
“Scrape” LOST BALL (Ivan Neville, Gary
Gold, Danny Kortchmar) |
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2004 |
Oval Opus “Oval Opus”
ANCHORMAN (Danny Kortchmar, Patrick Martin, Aaron Patrick, Josh
Edmondson, Dan Edmondson, Sam Hollander, Dave Shommer) |
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2004 |
Rob Ickes
with Blue Highway “Big Time” MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar) |
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2005 |
Lisa Marie
Presley « Now What » DIRTY LAUNDRY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar) |
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2005 |
Various
« From Burbank To The Bay Area » LOVE’LL GET YOU HIGH (Danny
Kortchmar) |
MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar)
I'll
tell you 'bout Machine Gun Kelly
he rode along the outlaw trail
Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man
But the woman was as hard as hell
Watch
out Machine Gun
Don't let her run you 'round
Don't let a woman put you six feet
in the ground
Machine Gun
I'll
tell you 'bout Katherine Kelly
Tired of being such small time
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's
son
And make it in the world of crime
You'd
better watch out Machine Gun Kelly
Careful of what you do now
If you keep listening to your old
lady
Ain't no telling what'll happen to you now
Machine Gun
The
government boys they came for Machine Gun
And took the poor boy away
They stuck him in a hole in
Where he lived until his dying day
Watch
out Machine Gun
Don't let her put you down
Don't let a woman make you out to
be a clown
Machine Gun
Watch
out Machine Gun
WOH,
DON'T YOU KNOW (Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, James Taylor)
Talkin' 'bout Jumping Jim
Talkin' 'bout a Mud Slide Slim
Don't you know that a fish got to swim
Don't a goose got to fly high
Little dog got to die
And I'm goin' home
Woh, don't you know
Woh, don't you know
Talkin' 'bout a life on the street
Gonna think about an itch in my feet
Can't you hand me down them highway shoes
Lord knows I'm talkin' 'bout the walkin'
blues
I got the rockin' pneumonia blues
And I'm headed home, bye-bye
Woh, don't you know
Woh, don't you know
Listen here now, don't you come 'round
Talkin' bout over yonder
Bound to wake up the walkin' man in me
And I'm bound to wanderin'
Hey now, talkin' all about 'spooning into bone
Looking just like Sherlock Holmes
Looking for a needle in a haystack
Seein' and eatin' lots of
fatback
Talkin' 'bout a railroad track
And I'm going home, goodbye
Woh, don't you know
Woh, don't you know
Woh, don't you know
You oughta know
You oughta know
You oughta know
You oughta know like a fish in the stream
Oughta know like a leaf on the tree
Oughta know like a boat in the sea.
MOONSHINE BANDIT
(Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar)
Taking
from the rich of spirit
Giving to the poor of heart
Guilty of a human weakness
He was known by all
As a moonshine bandit
He was a moonshine bandit
He was not like them at all.
Not just another common criminal
Oh no, he was not like them
They were different men
They would not dare
But he was there to do it for them
He was a moonshine bandit
A moonshine bandit
He took from the rich of spirit
And gave to the poor of heart
Guilty of a human passion
Which tears his heart apart
Ah, she was not like them at all
She would cry each time the night
would fall
Oh boy, if she only knew
What I'm going to tell you
She'd never have to suffer from a
broken heart
Moonshine bandit
A moonshine bandit
She would pine away each hour
In her fantasy she would be
Set free from her tower
Each night she would wait in vain
For a savior
without a name
Then one night it happened
He came to her
He was a moonshine bandit
A moonshine your light on her
Take her away, moonshine bandit
Now two lovers appear every
Year above the milky way
Do you believe in magic?
Can you see it my way?
Two lovers appear every year
Above the milky way
Can you dig it?
Do you believe in magic?
SPOTLIGHT (Danny Kootch, Graham
Nash)
How
come you ask me what I'm doing here
With my guitar in hand
I'm at the microphone stand
I think the reason should be very
clear
You see the spotlight it's for a
good night
Something happens to you
And the same thing happens to you
So
if I sing about the places you've been to
You can see them once again through
me
But it's only me
So
if you catch me handing you a line
Please forgive me ah but let me be
I've got to do it almost all the
time
It fills a big hole in my young
soul
Something happens to you
And the same thing happens to me
So
if I sing about the places that you've been to
You can see them once again through
me
But it's only me
HONEY DON'T LEAVE
That
limousine
In which you made the scene
Suits you to a t
If all the you want to be
Is somebody that don't never walk
That
big chateau
Where you wanna
go
In the south of
Gonna end our big romance
Don't you do it
Honey don't leave L. A.
That
Begging you
s'il vous plait
They don't know nothing down in St.
Tropez
Baby don't leave L. A.
I
heard it said that you had it made
With you movie star
But, oh, how right you are
If that's really 'bout the best you
can do
You moved my soul
So I played the role
Of your back door man
Yes and now I can't really complain
'cause I love you
SHAKY
TOWN (Danny Kortchmar)
I've witnessed those one night stands
Must have played in a thousand bands
But I'm just here tonight, tomorrow I'll be gone
Seen folks show their blacker sides
Seen them die just for foolish pride
And those drivers always ask to hear that same old song
That's a big ten-four
From your back door
Just put that hammer down
This young man feels
Those eighteen wheels
That keep turning 'round to take me down to Shaky Town
I've heard all those hard luck tales
From all of you U.S. males
I've heard you tell those lies about the love you've know
And I've followed those highway signs
And I've run down those thin white lines
Like those drivers this old road is all I call my own
That's a big ten-four
From your back door
Just put that hammer down
This young man feels
Those eighteen wheels
That keep turning 'round to take me down to Shaky Town
CAN'T GET NO BOOTY (Stephen Stills, Danny Kortchmar)
Can't
get no booty can't get no booty
Can't get no booty can't get no booty
I can't see it anyway
Because I've always been such an
easy prey
Can't get no booty can't get no
booty
Try'n and try'n again
No
matter how hard I shake my tailfeather
in your face
All I can think of it's such a
disgrace
There's so much good man goin' to waste
Maybe it's because of the clothes I
wear maybe it's the
palmin' on my hair
Can't
get no booty can't get no booty
Is it the way I talk maybe it's the
way I walk
Is it the way I think maybe it's
just the way I speak
Can't get no booty can't get no
booty
Can't get no booty can't get no
booty
Having
trouble seeing through your shades
What you been reading `bout me in
the trades?
Trying to make myself perfectly
clear
It's not the inches, it's the
engineer
And when I'm running my strongest
way
What is the feeling that you can't
fake
Maybe it's the tattoo on my face
maybe it's that I just know my
place
Can't
get no booty can't get no booty
Can't get no booty can't get no
booty
Somebody
told me there is a place to go
Where they ain't
out to put you down
Everyone's listening to the radio
Where the street belongs to the
young
And the night belongs to no one
In
It's
all right
They'll be playing all night
It's all right
Gonna hold you tight
How
much longer can I wear my worn out shoes?
How much higher till I come down
Take me somewhere I can shake these
blues
Where the street belongs to the
young
And the night belongs to no one
In
SOMEBODY'S
BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)
Well, just - a look at that girl with the lights comin'
up in her eyes.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so fine.
She's probably somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right.
I heard her talkin' with her friend when she thought
nobody else was around.
She said she's got to be somebody's baby; she must be somebody's baby.
'Cause when the cars and the signs and the street lights light up the town,
She's got to be somebody's baby;
She must be somebody's baby;
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so....
She's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.
I try to shut eyes, but I can't get here outta my
sight.
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta
get over my fright.
We'll, I'm just gonna walk up to her.
I'm gonna talk to her tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight.
I CAN'T STAND STILL (Don Henley
& Danny Kortchmar)
I know you love me
You know I love you too
You know I always will
No matter what you do
You say you haven't got another lover
You say you only want to make the scene
Then you try to keep it under cover
What does that mean?
And baby, I can't stand still (while he's holding you)
I can't stand (while he's kissing you)
So we got a little problem, baby:
How to put together love and work
If I could figure out that one, darlin'
I could save us from a world of hurt
I remember when we walked together
Makin' love on a summer night
Guess we thought that it would last forever
We were all right
But baby, I can't stand still (while he's holding you)
I can't stand still (while he's touching you)
baby
I can take it if you need some freedom
Understand it if you miss your friends
Don't you ever try to think of me some
You never tell me where you've been
You say you haven't got another lover
You say you only want to make the scene
Then you try to keep it under cover
What does that mean?
And baby, I can't stand still (while he's holding you)
I can't stand still (while he's kissing you)
And baby, I can't stand still (while he's holding you)
I can't stand still (while he's touching you)
Baby, I can't stand still (while he=s holding you)
I can't stand still (while he's kissing you)
And baby, I can't stand still (while he's holding you)
I can't stand still (while he's touching you)
YOU BETTER HANG UP (Danny Kortchmar)
Out here in the country where the weather gets so mean
She thinks about the places that she ain't never seen
She knows that she's married but she can't remember why
and she wonders what it might feel like with some other guy
And though she's hotter than an oven
just to fill your lovin' cup
If a man answers, you better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You're from New York City where they don't say no prayers
Anything goes and nobody cares
And the country girl might thrill ya but you better
pass her by
Cause her ol' man love to kill ya
for the look that's in your eye
And though you're hotter than an oven
just to fill her lovin' cup
If a man answers, you better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
You better hang up
LONG WAY HOME (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
Oh, it's cold and lonely here?
here in this telephone booth
There's three sides to every story babe:
There’s yours and there’s mine and the cold, hard truth
I think there's something missing 'round here
I don't know where it's gone
But it's a long way back home
The heat don't work
The toaster don't work
The car don't work
And I guess I know why
This house don't work and this dream don't
work no more
And lover, neither do you and I
I fall asleep with the colors flying
Over sand and foam
But it's a long way back home
I know your heart is breakin’
maybe my heart is breakin’ too.
And it's a long way back home
And it's a long way back home
It's a long way back home
DIRTY LAUNDRY (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
"I make my living off the Evening News
Just give me something something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em all around
We got the bubble headed bleach blonde who
comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
in her eye
It's interesting when people die?
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry
You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough love
Eat your dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around
Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
JOHNNY CAN'T READ (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
Football, baseball, basketball games
Drinkin' bear, kickin' ass
and takin' down names
(Well a) top down, get around, shootin' the line
Summer is here and Johnny's feelin' fine
But Johnny can't read
Summer is over and he's gone to seed
Johnny can't read
He never learned nothin' that he'll ever need
Well, Johnny can dance and Johnny can love
Johnny can push and Johnny can shove
Johnny can hang out; Johnny can talk tough
Johnny can get down and Johnny can throw up?
But Johnny can't read
Summer is over and he's gone to seed
(You know that), Johnny can't read
He never learned nothin' that he'll ever need?
Well, is it Teacher's fault? Oh No!
Couple year's later, Johnny's on the run
Johnny got confused and he bought himself a gun
Well, he went and did something that he shouldn't
oughta done
F.B.I. on his tail
"Use A Gun Go To Jail"
But Johnny can't read
Summer is over and he's gone to seed
(You know that), Johnny can't read
He never learned nothin' that he'll ever need?
Well is it Teacher's fault? (Oh No)
Is it Mommy's fault? (Oh No)
Is it the President's fault? (Oh No)
Well is it Johnny's fault? Oh No!
Johnny can dance and Johnny can love
Johnny can push and Johnny can shove
Johnny can pinball; Johnny can talk tough
Johnny can get down and Johnny can throw up (Johnny can’t read)
Well, recess is over
Recess is over!
Sitcoms, "T.&A."
Johnny's mind is blown away
Cop shows, horror flicks
Johnny's brain is full of it
Talk show, radio, boob tube,
movies, school,
THEM AND US (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
One finger on the button
one finger up his nose
Johnny's in some cornfield
The Early Warning Blows
Bigger is better
More is more
Look up,
Gonna even up the score
Get ready boys
Third times a charm
Don't need no sweater
It's gonna keep you warm
If we can't have the ball, there won't be any winner
this time
Them and us
Them and us
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
In forty-five minutes
It'll all be done
We'll all be good and crispy
But we'll still be number one
And if things go from bad to worse
We can still kill them if they kill us first
If we can't have the ball, there won't be any winner
this time
Hell-bent
Heaven sent
It all got started by an accident
If we can't have the ball, there won't be any winner
this time
Them and us
Them and us
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Them and us
Them and us
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
LILAH (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
Like every young man, I had some things that I
wanted to say
Ere I could begin, you know the world got
in my way
Oh Lilah, just sleep like a baby
To open the window and reel the fair wind
Oh Lilah, just sleep like a baby again
We spend so much time weeping and wailing and
shaking our fists
Creating enemies that really don't exist
Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby?
just open the window and feel the fair wind
Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again
All these comings and goings that cut like a knife
These small, simple pleasures that make up a life
A man needs a home, and a child, and a wife
to always be there
always
After I'm gone, there are some things that I know
I will miss:
The taste of your mouth, the smell of the perfume
on your wrist
Oh, Lilah, the fields lie fallow
Whate'r ye sow, so shall ye reap
Oh Lilah, this ground we hallow
is ours to tend, but not to keep
Too-rah, loo-rah, loo-rah Lilah
Too-rah, loo-rah, loo-rah lay
Now, while all the streets are silent
Take my hand and come away
KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Danny Kortchmar,
Craig Doerge, Jackson Browne)
Knock
on any door
Look through any window
Baby knock on any door
Knock on any door
Is there any place you want to go
Baby who you lookin'
for
Yeah,
yeah, baby now you know
It's a cold world like they told
you so
Knock
on any door
Save your tears for some occasion
Keep your heartache to yourself
Knock on any door
It's a simple operation
Just trade your memory for your
health
Knock
on any door
Look through any window
Walk on
Knock on any door
Look through any window
Walk on
It's
insane girl, you can't run away
It's the same world it was
yesterday
Knock
on any door
Look through any window
Walk on
Knock on any door
Look through any window
Walk on
Now,
now, now how do you survive
With a pain so real, in a world so
jive
Knock
on any door
Look through any window
Peek through any shade
Knock on any door
Look through any window
TENDER
IS THE NIGHT (Russell Kunkel, Danny Kortchmar &
Jackson Browne)
Between the darkness on the street
And the houses filling up with light
Between the stillness in my heart
And the roar of the approaching night
Somebody's calling after somebody
Somebody turns the corner out of sight
Looking for somebody
Somewhere in the night
Tender is the night
When you hold your baby tight
Tender are the motions, tender is the night
Between a life that we expected
And the way it's always been
I can't walk back in again
After the way we fight
When just outside there are people laughing
Living lives we used to lead
Chasing down the love they need
Somewhere in the night
Tender is the night
And the benediction of the neon light
Tender are the hunters, tender is the night
You're gonna want me tonight
When you're ready to surrender
Forget about who's right
When you're ready to remember
It's another world at night
When you're ready to be tender
Tender, tender tender...
And in the hard light of an angry sun
No one remembers what was said or done
Tender are the words they choose
You win, I win, we lose
Tender
Tender is the night
Tender
The benediction of the neon light
Tender
Tender are the hunters
Tender is the night
When they hold each other tight
Tender
Tender are the undercover
Tender
The stranger and the secret lover
Tender
Tender are the motions
Tender is the night
When you hold your baby tight
Tender, tender tender...
YOU
CAN'T MAKE LOVE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
You can make money, you can make good friends
You can make mistakes and you can make amends
You can make it easy when push comes to shove, but-
You can't make love
You can make advances, you can make big plans
Plant sloppy kisses all over her hands
You can tell her everything you're dreamin' of but-
You can't make love
Love's a little word that's been kicked around
Used too much, beaten down
What in the world are you thinkin' of?
You can't make love
You can go through the motions with your magic spells
Buy all the potions the Fifth Avenue sells
You can try to call down all the stars above, but-
You can't make love
You can buy her diamonds, you can go out in style
You can make a promise, you can walk down the aisle
You can make a life for her that fits like a glove, but-
You can't make love
Oh, it takes so long
You gotta be strong
Before it's gone
What in the world were you thinkin' of, boy-
You can't make love
MAN WITH A
I see these women at the car wash;
women at the mall
Little-bitty women, and women who are tall
One of them is perfect and I want her for myself
And I'm never gonna settle for anybody else
All my good buddies try to fix me up-
Buddy, I've had enough
I'm gonna run a few red lights; grind a few gears
Start a few fist fights; drink a few beers
Even though I'm tryin' every trick in the book
You give me drop dead (drop dead), drop dead looks
You are the finest woman that I've ever seen
Why you wanna be so mean?
Well, everybody tries to tell me
There's nothin' I can do
But I'm a man with a mission
Baby, you know it's you
Well, I'm a man with a mission
Man with a mission
Man with a mission
Baby, you know it's you- it's you
Everybody runnin' round here
Sayin’, "Where's the party? Where's the
party?"
Sonny boy, don't ask me, 'cause I don't know
I got somethin' else on my mind today-
Somewhere else to go
Well-a, well-a, well-a everybody tries to tell me
There's nothin' I can do
But I'm a man on a mission
Baby you know it's you
YOU'RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)
I can see that you haven't
recovered from the girl who let you down
And you'd sell what is left of your soul for another go-round
You keep telling yourself she means nothing and maybe you should call her bluff
But you don't really believe it
You must not be drinking enough
Well, the perfume she wore you can buy down at the Five & Dime
But on some other woman it don't smell the same in your mind
You keep telling yourself you can take it-
Telling yourself that you're tough
But you still wanna hold her
You must not be drinkin' enough
You're not drinkin' enough to wash away old memories
And there ain't enough whiskey in Texas to keep you
from beggin’, "Please, please, please"
She passed on you passion and stepped on you pride
Turns out you ain't quite so tough
'Cause you still wanna hold her
You must not be drinkin' enough
Ay-yi-yi-yi
Ask yourself why
You still want to hold her
You must not be drinkin' enough
Ay-yi-yi-yi etc.
NOT ENOUGH LOVE IN THE WORLD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
Ben Tench)
Sometimes I wonder where it is love goes
I don't know if even Heaven knows
But I know you had some dreams that didn't quite come true
And now I'm not the one, little girl, who's keeping you
I was either standing in the shadow or blocking your light
Though I kept on trying I could not make it right
For you girl-
There's just not enough love in the world
I know people hurt you so bad
They don't know the damage they can do and it makes me so sad
How we knock each other down just like children on a playground
Even after that ol' sun went down-
I was either standing in your shadow or blocking your light
Though I kept on trying I could not make it right
For you girl-
There's just not enough love in the world
Oh Darlin’; this is still a shady little town
And sometimes it's so hard to smile-
For the world, for the camera-
And still have something left
You don't have to prove nothin' to nobody
Just take good care of yourself
I'm not easy to live with-
I know that it's true
You're no picnic either, babe
And that's one of the things I love about you
But a time will come around when we need to settle down
Got to get off this merry-go-round
I was either standing in your shadow or blocking your light
Though I kept trying I could not make it right
For you girl-
There's just not enough love in the world
BUILDING A PERFECT BEAST (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
The power of reason, the top of the heap
We're the ones who can kill the things we don't eat
Sharper than a serpent's tongue
Tighter than a bongo drum
Quicker than a one-night stand
Slicker than a mambo band
And now the day is come
Soon he will be released
Glory Hallelujah!
We're building the Perfect Beast
(Building, building, etc.)
It's
For we have met the enemy-and he is us
And now the day is come
Soon he will be released
Glory Hallelujah!
We're building the Perfect Beast
(Building, building, etc.)
Ever since we crawled out of the ocean and stood upright on land
There are some things that we just don't understand:
Relive all the pain and suffering and lift us out of the dark
Turn us all into Methuselah-
But where are we gonna park?
(Building, building, etc.)
The secrets of eternity-
We've found the lock and turned the key
We're shakin' up those building blocks
Going deeper into that box- (Pandora wouldn't like it)
And now the day is come
Soon he will be released
Glory Hallelujah!
We're building the Perfect Beast
(Building, building)
ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar)
They're pickin' up the prisoners and puttin' 'em in a pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels since I don't know when
And all she wants to do is dance
Molotov cocktail- the local drink
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Crazy people walkin' round with blood in their eyes
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Wild-eyed pistol wavers who ain't afraid to die
And all she wants to do is-
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
She can't feel the heat comin' off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is-
All she wants to do is dance
Well, the government bugged the men's room in the local disco lounge
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
To keep the boys from sellin' all the weapons they
could scrounge
And all she wants to do is dance
But that don't keep the boys from makin' a buck or
two
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They still can sell the army all the drugs that they can do
And all she wants to do is-
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
Well we barely made the airport for the last plane out
As we taxied down the runway I could hear the people shout
They said "Don't come back here Yankee"
But if I ever do-
I'll bring more money
'Cause all she wants to do is dance and make romance
Never mind the heat comin' off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is-
All she wants to do is dance
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
All she wants to do is dance
SUNSET GRILL (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
Ben Tench)
Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble
And stare out at the auburn sky
There's an old man there from the Old World
To him, it's all the same
Calls all his customers by name
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
You see a lot more meanness in the city
It's the kind that eats you up inside
Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride
These days a man makes you somethin'
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Respectable little murders pay
They get more respectable every day
Don't worry girl, I'm gonna stick by you
And someday soon we're gonna get in that car and get outa here
Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the working girls go by
Watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble
And gaze out at the auburn sky
Maybe we'll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without all these jerks anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
DRIVIN' WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
Stan Lynch)
I met a Frenchman in a field last night
He was out there with an easel, painting carnival light
He said, "I used to paint the princess; I used to paint the frogs
Now I paint moustaches on dangerous dogs"
He said, "Sometimes it's a country; sometimes it's a girl
You know, everybody's got to have a purpose in this world
You Yankees are so silly about matters of the heart
Don't you know that women are the only works of art
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're gonna hit somethin'
But that's the way it goes"
Some guys were born to Rimbaud
Some guys breathe Baudelaire
Some guys just got to go and put their rockets everywhere
You can breed 'em by the thousands; you can trick and
you can train
Just look at all those poor dogs that are dragged down by the Seine
How many arrows must I shoot into the blue?
Ah, you little maniac, I'm crazy over you
Before The Death of Lovers and The Punishment of Pride
Let's go scrape across the terrazzo
It's just too hot outside
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're gonna hit somethin'
But that's the way it goes
Talk talk, talk and talk
Talk talk, sweet talk
Talk talk, tough talk
Talk talk, dirty talk
Talk talk, walk and talk
Talk talk, big talk
Talk talk, baby talk
Kiss kiss kiss
Talk talk, talk and talk
Talk talk, smooth talk
Talk talk, body talk
Talk talk, back talk
Talk talk, small talk
Talk talk, baby talk
Talk talk, peace talk
Talk talk, bullshit
LAND OF THE LIVING (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)
Well, it's up in the mornin'
Everybody off and runnin'
Everybody got some place to be
Some people never go walkin'
Some people just stop talkin'
And I was slippin' away
You came and pulled me through
I wanna stay in the land of the living with you
I wanna stay in the land of the living
I wanna stay here with you
I wanna stay in the land of the living
I wanna stay here with you
We work and we worry
This old world's in such a hurry
So many things we just don't see
Some people always cryin'
Some people just stop tryin'
And I was slippin' away
You came and pulled me through
I wanna stay here in the land of the living with you
We got to do what we can about all this pain and sorrow
But try to live just a little
We could all be gone tomorrow
When I look at you girl, my heart rejoices
You taught me somethin':
Considering the choices-
I wanna stay in the land of the living
I wanna stay here with you
I wanna stay in the land of the living
I wanna stay here with you
SHE'S ON THE ZOOM (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
Well she got up every morning and she waited in the cold
Got on the stinking yellow school bus and did what she was told
And she stared out the window, all the way down to high school.
She went to home economics just like all the other girls
Making chicken a la king and peanut butter swirls
But she knew in her heart there had to be something better somewhere.
Well the boys in the school, they were just a bunch of fools
And they acted like a bunch of bad bumpkins.
But she went out with this guy 'cause she knew a girl's gotta
do something.
He showed her pictures of his car (pictures of his car!),
Pictures of his room (pictures of his room!)
Ohhhh, she's on the zoom, she's on the zoom.
She wasn't meant to stick around here, and be some quarterback's wife
She wasn't meant to stick around here, be barefoot and pregnant the rest
of her life...
Well she got up every morning and she waited in the cold
Got on the stinking yellow cab, put the money through the hole
And she stared out the window, all the way down Fifth Avenue.
She went on all the cattle calls just like all the other girls
And she waited by the phone in her rollers and her curls
But she knew in her heart there had to be something better.
Well she ran into this guy who was down at 54
Had a lot of gold and chains and he got her in the door,
And he knew so many people, and he made her lots of pretty promises.
He showed her pictures of his car (pictures of his car!),
Pictures of his room (pictures of his room!)
Ohhhh, she's on the zoom, she's on the zoom.
He showed her pictures of his car (pictures of his car!),
Pictures of his room (pictures of his room!)
Ohhhh, she's on the zoom, she's on the zoom.
Ohhhh, she's on the zoom, she's on the zoom.
HOW
BAD DO YOU WANT IT (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Stan
Lynch)
You’re leaving tongue marks on the carpet
And I know what your looking at
You would walk on your lips through busted glass
If you could get next to that
You think this is love
You’re education starts today
So you think this is love?
So tell me
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
Not bad enough
So you put a hold on happiness
.... a day, a week, a year
You got to bring something to this party, boy
If you party here
And if you’re looking for love
You better look some other way
If your looking for love
I have to ask you
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
Not bad enough
She gave you love and affection
Enough to weather any season
You found an excuse to walk away
But you didn’t find no reason
And you talk about love
But you don’t know what it means
Yeah, you talk about love
So tell me
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you want it?
Not bad enough
I
WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
Woke up with a heavy head
And I thought about leaving town
I could have died if I wanted to-
Slipped over the edge and drowned
But, oh no baby, I won’t give up that easy
Too many tire tracks in the sands of time
Too many love affairs that stop on a dime
I think its time to make some changes around here
Yeah, I’m gonna tear it up
gonna trash it up
I’m gonna round it up
gonna shake it up
Oh no baby, I will not lie down
I’m brave enough to be crazy
I’m strong enough to be weak
I see all these heroes with feet of clay
Who’s mighty ships have sprung a leak
And I want you to tell me darling
Just what do you believe in now?
Well, c’mon over here baby
You ‘bout to give me a heart attack
I wanna wrap my loving arms
Around the small of your back
Yeah, and I’m gonna pull you, pull you, pull you
Pull you right up close to me
Yeah, we’re gonna tear it up
we gonna trash it up
gonna round it up
gonna shake it up
Oh, no no no, I will not
lie down
Turn this thing around
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not lie down
Well, don’t you ever get lonely?
Don’t you ever get down?
Don’t you ever get tired
Of all the wicked tongues in this town?
Oh baby, I just wanna take you away from here
I ain’t no tiger
I ain’t no little lamb
Suppose you tell me momma
Who do think I think I am
And oooh baby, don’t you give a damn
Yeah, I’m gonna tear it up
gonna trash it up
gonna round it up
gonna rip it up
I will not lie down
Yeah, I’m gonna tear it up
gonna trash it up
gonna round it up
gonna shake it up
Oh baby, I will not lie down
Turn this thing around
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not go quietly
I will not lie down
I will not lie down
NEW YORK MINUTE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai
Winding)
Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he won’t be down on Wall Street in the morning
He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfurl
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesn’t matter anymore
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebody’s going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hang on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get a little strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
And in these days
When the darkness falls early
And people rush home
To the ones they love
You better take a fools advice
And take of your own
One day they’re here;
Next day they’re gone
I pulled my coat around my shoulders
And took a walk down through the park
The leaves were falling around me
The groaning city in the gathering dark
On some solitary rock
A desperate lover left his mark,
“Baby I’ve changed. Please come back”
What the head makes cloudy
The heart makes very clear
The days were so much brighter
In the time when she was here
But I know there’s somebody somewhere
Make these dark clouds disappear
Until that day, I have to believe
I believe, I believe
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
You can get out of the rain
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
SHANGRI-LA (Danny Kortchmar, Steve Jordan, Don
Henley)
Everyday is a new day
That’s what I’ve been told
Try to hold your head high
The world runs hot and cold
It’s hard to follow footprints
In the shifting sand
Another thirsty rider
Behind the caravan
You had no idea
Just what was waiting out there
You never thought you would carry the weight
of the world
On your pretty blond hair
This ain’t no Shangri-la
To you, no Shangri-la
This ain’t now Shangri-la
Nobody knows no Shangri-la
Hey! there’s a whole lot of people
Wondering who you are
They think you walk without a care in the world
But they’ve been wrong so far
This ain’t no Shangri-la
To you, no Shangri-la
This ain’t no Shangri-la
Nobody knows no Shangri-la
No one can decide
What we all must outrun
Who’s gonna carry the weight of the world
Until we learn to stop
And do what must be done?
This ain’t now Shangri-la
To you, no Shangri-la
This ain’t no Shangri-la
Nobody knows no Shangri-la
LITTLE TIN GOD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther)
”A new age is dawning
On fewer than expected
Business as usual”
That's how the headlines read
Some shaky modern saviors
Have now been resurrected
In all this excitement
You may have been mislead
People want a miracle
They say “Oh lord, can’t you see us”
“We’re trying to make a living down here
And keep the children fed”
But from little dark motel rooms
To “Six Flags over Jesus”
“How are the mighty fallen”
So the bible said
You don’t have to pray to a little tin god
Step out of the way for a little tin god
You might fear reaper, fear the rod
But you never have to get down on your knees
You don’t have to holler, “please, please”
No, you never have to get down on your knees
For a little tin god
The cowboys name was “Jingo”
And he heard that there was trouble
So in a blaze of glory
He rode out of the west
No one was ever certain
What it was that he was saying
But they loved it when he told them
They were better then the rest
But you don’t have to pray to a little tin god
Step out of the way for a little tin god
You might hate the system, hate the job
But you never have to get down on your knees
You don’t have to holler, “please, please”
No, you never have to get down on your knees
For a little tin god
Throw down a rope from heaven
And lead the flock to water
The man in the middle would have you think
That you have no other choice
But to wonder in the wilderness
Of all the upturned faces
If you stop and listen long enough
You will hear your own small voice
But You don’t have to pray to a little tin god
Step out of the way for a little tin god
You might fear reaper, fear the rod
But you never have to get down on your knees
You don’t have to holler, “please, please”
No, you never have to get down on your knees
Never have to holler, “please, please”
You never had to get down on your knees
You never had to holler, “please, please”
You never had to get down on your knees for a little tin god
IF DIRT WERE DOLLARS (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar,
J.D. Souther)
Walking like a millionaire
Smiling like a king
He leaned his shopping cart against the wall
He said, “I been a lot of places
And I seen a lot of things
But sonny, I seen one thing beats them all
I was flying back from Lubbock
I saw Jesus on the plane
.... or maybe it was Elvis
You know, they kind of look the same
Hey, look out Junior. You’re stepping on my bed”
I said, “I don’t see nothing”
He just glared at me and said,
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
I wouldn’t worry anymore
Looking like a beauty queen
Loyal as a wife
She raised her little voice and testified
“I am a good girl
I’ve been all my life”
But her virtue was as swollen as her pride
She should’ve had the Oscar
She must have been miscast
Her fifteen minutes went by so fast
I said, “Now baby have you got no shame?”
She just looked at me uncomprehendingly
Like cows at a passing train
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
I wouldn’t worry anymore
We got the bully pulpit
And the poisoned pin
We got a press no better
Than the public men
This brave new world
Gone bad again
God’s finest little creatures
Looking brave and strong
Whistling past the graveyard
Nothing can go wrong
Quoting from the scriptures
With patriotic tears
We got the same old men
With the same old fears
Standing at attention
Wrapped in stars and stripes
They hear the phantom drummers
And the nonexistent pipes
These days the buck stops nowhere
No one takes the blame
But evil is still evil
In anybody’s name
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
We’d all be in the black
DRIVE A CROOKED
ROAD (Steve Lukather and Danny Kortchmar)
Cruisin' down the street
Got the glaze in my eyes
Lookin' for a thousand reasons why
I don't want to be here
I don't want to die
What was I thinking we should have known
All the lights are one
But there's nobody home
Drive a crooked road
Stop inside a liquor store
Just to grab a taste
Man behind the counter
Don't recognize my face
Give me all your money
Got not time to waste
What was I thinking
We should have known
All the lights are one
But there's nobody home
Drive a crooked road
Drive a crooked road
Satisfy your soul
Drive a crooked road
I just ran out of time
I just ran out of luck
I've never been busted
And this ain't even my truck
Everybody's laughin'
Nobody cares
It seems like there's red
Flashin' lights everywhere
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sittin' in the darkness
I'm staring at the bars
Couldn't drive too fast
I couldn't drive too far
I could have been somebody
I could have been a star
Should have stayed at home
Should have stayed in bed
Thought I heard this crazy
Screaming, screaming in my head, said
What was I thinking
We should have known
All the lights are one
But there's nobody home
STEPPIN'
ON TOP OF YOUR WORLD (Steve Lukather and Danny Kortchmar)
I've seen that look
A look I know well
I can't decide
If this is heaven or this is hell
Inside your mind
That twisted device
Made up of fire
But it comes across like ice
I need to know what you're thinkin'
And why you are here
If you had power
Who would make you disappear
Laughing without smiling
I can't take no more
Dancin' in the madness
With the rope you twist that's around my neck
You know you're making me feel
Like a cancelled check
I said hey, you
I'm steppin' on top of your world
(I'm steppin' on top)
(I'm steppin' on top)
Hey you
I'm steppin' on top of your world
Warped by the curse
You're puttin' on me
I lay awake at night
And revenge is all I see
Time's runnin' out
But what should I do
It seems like the worst
Just ain't good enough for you
There's talkin', there's doin'
There's writing
Of things you don't know
The story's the same
But the answer is always unknown
Trying to remember
What I've done to you
You don't even know me
With the rope that you twist
That's around my neck
You know you're making me feel
Like a cancelled check
KAYLEE (Michael
Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Danny Kortchmar)
He comes walkin'
over
And I can see that look in your eye
It's a bad situation
I don't wanna be here
He shoves you that way
And you don't know your left from your right
It's a bad combination
You don't have to be here
Baby, baby
I can't believe the things that he puts you through
Baby, baby
I wanna know is this what you're comin'
to?
Kaylee
Can't you see he don't love nobody
Kaylee
You should be in love with somebody
Someone like me
'Cause I can see that look in your eyes
It's a sad situation
I'll take you from here
He talks like a fool
You can do better than that
It's a sad combination
It all seems so clear
Baby, baby
I can't believe the things that you're goin' through
Baby, baby
I wanna know just what you're gonna
do
(Chorus)
IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny
Kortchmar)
If anybody had a heart yours would never be broken
If anybody had a heart like mine
In this world of right or wrong the hardest part is beginning
and
By the time you get where you belong you're either losing or
winning
Well I don't know how but people
seem to know
When you want somebody bad enough
Well I want you now and where ever
you go
I'm gonna
love you till you've had enough
If anybody had a heart yours would never be broken
If anybody had a heart like mine
Some people treat you like the clothes you wear
They only see what you show them
Just let them talk baby I don't
care they don't know where we're going
But I love you so much and I have for so long how could
anybody doubt it
Ah just one little touch and my love
is so strong
Baby how can we live without it
If
anybody had a heart yours would never be broken
If anybody had a heart like mine
When
you love somebody you might stumble you might fall
If you love somebody hard enough
you might just get it all
If
anybody had a heart yours would never be broken
If anybody had a heart like mine
(I'VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN' 'BOUT THAT (Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor)
I like to think about the time I
met you
Living with your people down in New Orleans
Mad at your mama cause she'd never let you
Ride in no nasty limousine
Later on the levee with the moon up above
I lost my heart and confessed my love
Oh Lucy, God have mercy
I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that
One Summer night in a field of wheat
God's sweet lanterns hanging in the sky
Moving light on your tiny feet
I knew I had to love you till the day I die
They talk about Amazing Grace
It meant something when I saw your face
Oh Lucy, God have mercy
I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that
I think of all the little things that I never told you
I think I may get to hold you someday
It's my brain just like a man possessed
I can't do me no work, I can't get me no rest
I can't understand it baby
Don't like to think about the way it ended
I hate remembering the things that I said
I dream a dream of love so splendid
I wake up hard in an empty bed
I wonder who'll be loving you next
Some fool will be writing bad checks
Oh now Lucy, God have mercy
I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout you
KICK DOWN THE WALLS (Danny Kortchmar, S. Lynch)
Took
the long way to the shortcut, and the walls were made of stone
Took the low road to the highground, had to feel it in my bones
Everybody wants some heaven, but
nobody wants to die
It's been brought to my attention
You'll be dead a long time, now ain't that a crime
Kick
down the walls, shake down the building, help me bust out of this cage
Kick down the walls, shake down the
building, must be time for a change
I
went driving in the moonlight, there was no place left to go
I went digging in my coalmine, when
I hit the motherload
If this world could work together,
like a big old human clock
It would run on till forever, it
would never have to stop, never have to stop
You
can't buy no protection, don't care who you are
Spreading out in all directions,
now it's no hold barred
Everybody runs for cover, from the
sun and sex and sin
If you think you got the answers,
buddy just you come on in, step right in
Kick
down the walls, shake down the building
Kick down the walls, shake down the
building
Kick down the walls, shake down the
building
Kick down the walls, shake down the
building
You
used to be on fire, now you chill me to the bone
We used to fly like angels, now
we're sinking like a stone
You say you're trying to help me
but that ain't the way it feels
I think you're trying to kill me
with those stiletto heels
Paint
the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll
never feel a thing
And
oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go
Going
back to the kingdom of desire, going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna
stand too close to the fire, I'm gonna fly too close
to the sun
They
say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed
My sheets feel like sandpaper, and
my pillow feels like lead
But as sure as Atlantis sank into
the sea
I'm sinking like a stone babe,
that's how it's got to be
Paint
the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll
never feel a thing
And
oh, if I don't have you, there's only one thing left for me to do
When
you dig up God's little acre, you lose all peace of mind
You stare into the distance,
looking for a sign
But that sign it never comes babe,
your wishes won't come true
You keep praying for the rain while
the sun beats down on you
And
oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go
I'm
gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah
I'm gonna
fly too close to the sun
THE
REASON (Carly Simon, Danny Kortchmar)
The
reason I wouldn’t kiss you last night
I wouldn’t kiss you ‘cause I was
afraid
That I’d like you too much
And if I liked you too much
I’d be afraid that I’d give you a
present
And if I gave you a gift,
You might give me a gift
And then I’d be afraid...
That I wouldn’t like it
The
reason, there’s always a reason
Behind the reason
When you look for a reason
A reason, I can give you a reason
And maybe you’ll think
It’s a really good reason
But I come up with the reasons
You
asked me if I’d scratch your back
I wouldn’t scratch it
‘Cause I was afraid that I’d twist
your arm
And if I twisted your arm
I’d be afraid that it would lead to
passion
And if we got too drunk
We might fall out of the bunk
And then I’d be afraid
We would have a concussion
Don’t
ever live with your real love
Stop before it starts
Real love will last much longer
Stay stronger
Living in your heart
Yeah, that’s where it belongs, in
your heart
The
reason, there’s always a reason
Behind the reason
When you look for the reason
The reason, I can give you a reason
And maybe you’ll think
It’s a really good reason
But I come up with the reason
I’ll
never have another chance
At the Parson’s dance
(He’s gonna
spank me)
Gotta be an apple tree growing in the field
Gotta be at Frankie’s house right now
Gotta be at Danny’s house deja
Gotta meet a holy man
He’ll be in the valley when Amelia
tries to land
(With his shirt off)
I can never be in love, I can only
be in heat
And I never felt so...never felt
so...
Never felt so...
Hot
SLIPPIN` & SLIDIN` (Danny Kortchmar, Tito Larriva, Waddy Watchel)
Shot a man in the street
Clipped his wings like a dove
He fell hard to the ground
Slidin` deep in the mud
I`ve got clouds in my eyes
Blood on my hands
Fire on my feet
As I run to my love
Oh I`m slippin` & slidin` again
Yes I`m slippin` & slidin` again
Why am I
Slippin` & slidin` again
She said don`t
ask me baby
Ask the Devil man
The earth shock
Like a woman
Spit like a man
The wind blew
Through the bars
In every prison land
My Love is a cave
Dark as a crow
I`m emslaved by her wisdom
& her hips of gold
Why am I
Slippin` & slidin` again…
Just when you think
It`s over baby
You gotta
live some more
& just when you think
You`ve made it
You gotta
make more
I woke up
In a fire in my sheets
Straight to an Angel
To kill the heat
I need a hand to hold to
Break my fall
If I can get through this
I can get through them all
Why am I slippin`
& slidin`
So much
She said don`t
ask me baby
Ask the dust
RIGHT
BACK (Jerry Lynn Williams, Danny Kortchmar)
Well you keep on talkin' bout it
Till you're stone cold blue in the face
But there ain't nothing darling
That true love can't replace
Yah, you're right, right back
Tryin' to pretend
Yah, you're right back, right back,
Doin' the same old thangs
again
Well you're money hungry
And your heart is full of greed
Tellin' everybody you get everything you need
So you say
You're right, right back
Doin' the same old thang
again
Yah for me it's the same old movie
Same movie just a different scene
Never meaning what you're sayin'
Never sayin' what you mean
Now you're right, right back
Trying to pretend
Yah I said, you're right, right back
Doin' the same old thang
again
You're money hungry
And you're heart is full of greed
Tellin' everybody you get everything you need
You know it's a lie
And now you're right, right back
Tryin' to pretend
Doin' the same old thang
again
Yah you're right, right back
Tryin' to pretend
Yah you're right, right back
Doin' the same old thangs
again
Ahhhh
Right back
Right back
Right back
Now you're right, right back
Tryin' to pretend
Doin' the same old thang
again
Right back, tryin' to pretend
Right back doin' the same old thang
again
Right back
Right back